More Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell
If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.
We cannot lead or draw others to Christ unless we stand closer to Him than they do.
Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best—better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His. We can grow in faith only if we are willing to wait patiently for God's purposes and patterns to unfold in our lives, on His timetable.
The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others.
We can tell much by what we have already willing discarded along the pathway of discipleship. It is the only pathway where littering is permissible, even encouraged. In the early stages, the debris left behind includes the grosser sins of commission. Later debris differs; things begin to be discarded which have caused the misuse or underuse of our time and talent.
A society which permits anything will eventually lose everything.
God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.
Long ago when a child lay in a manger, a special star appeared. It didn't just show up that evening. It had to have been placed in its orbit centuries before in a trajectory that would make it appear at that special moment of time to announce the birth of a special child. Just as there is divine design in the universe, so each of us has been placed in our own orbits in this life to love, to serve, to help light the world.
